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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What law does Amir say he would need to have experience with, to defend Imam Fareed?
(a) The Money Laundering Control Act.
(b) McCain-Feingold.
(c) Glass-Steagall.
(d) The Patriot Act.

2. How does Akhtar characterize Emily?
(a) Thin.
(b) Voluptuous.
(c) Lithe.
(d) Chaste.

3. What has Imam Fareed been arrested for?
(a) Advocating insurrection.
(b) Sheltering refugees.
(c) Threatening terrorism.
(d) Funding Hamas.

4. What does Amir tell his client Paolo he pays Amir for?
(a) To listen to him.
(b) To give advice.
(c) To type and file his legal papers.
(d) To keep his press clippings.

5. What piece of clothing is Amir missing, as he poses for Emily?
(a) Suit jacket.
(b) Shirt.
(c) Boxers.
(d) Pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Abe ask whether he should come back, when he arrives at Amir and Emily’s apartment?

2. How does Amir’s boss Mort think he can lower his cholesterol?

3. What does Isaac think about Emily’s work now, in Scene Two?

4. How does Emily say Amir’s mother treated her?

5. What does Emily say she feels about Amir’s support for Imam Fareed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the statue of Siva on the mantelpiece?

2. What do we learn about Amir and Emily’s relationship when Emily tells Amir that she happens to know he “likes it a little fucked up,” meaning that there is something odd about painting him after a painting of a slave (9)?

3. What is Emily’s relationship with the Velázquez painting?

4. How do Amir and Emily think differently about Amir’s position about Imam Fareed?

5. What is Amir’s relationship with the painting his wife’s painting is based on?

6. How does Abe’s arrival tell us about how Amir’s career developed?

7. What does the stage set tell us about the social class Amir Kapoor and Emily Hughes-Kapoor are in?

8. What can we understand about Abe by his appearance when he appears in Amir and Emily’s apartment?

9. What is the archetype for Amir Kapoor’s character?

10. Why is there confusion over Abe’s name?

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